Quotes by Existentialism I rebel; therefore I exist. Albert Camus existentialism rebel life There is scarcely any passion without struggle. Albert Camus existentialism passion struggle I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Albert Camus existentialism life world It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway. Albert Camus existentialism despair falling-in-love Camus himself described this work as 'an attempt to understand the time I live in'. Albert Camus existentialism Everything is true, and nothing is true! Albert Camus existentialism stranger We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself. Antoine de Saint-Exupery existentialism emptiness praying The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it. Anton Chekhov metaphysics existentialism world We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. Arthur Schopenhauer existentialism regard episodes I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life. Bill Watterson comic-strips existentialism laughing It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. Blaise Pascal existentialism god heart The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. Carl Sagan benign existentialism cosmos The point is there ain't no point. Cormac McCarthy no-point existentialism nihilism I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word 'existentialism.' Craig Ferguson existentialism teacher school Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships. David Ives existentialism love-relationship play Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you. Delmore Schwartz existentialism baths mean Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. Ernest Becker existentialism levels men the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith Ernest Becker existentialism analysis problem The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual. Friedrich Durrenmatt existentialism individual claims But how could you live and have no story to tell? Fyodor Dostoevsky existentialism minimalist stories 12345»